KPMG Global Services-Strategic Sourcing

KPMG Global Services (KGS) India is a strategic global delivery organization that works with more than 50 KPMG firms to provide a progressive, scalable and customized approach to business requirements.

The KGS India journey has been one of consistent growth, with a current employee count of c.21,000, operating from eight locations in India — Bengaluru, Gurugram, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Kochi, Noida, Pune and Kolkata. — and providing a range of Advisory and Tax-related services to KPMG firms around the world.

Job description: STRATEGIC SOURCING & Spend Analysis (Only Consulting background)

Location -Bangalore/Pune

We are recruiting for Procurement Advisory professionals in the Management Consulting team. In this team, your responsibilities will include working in a team of consultants and associate consultants for executing projects on behalf of international KPMG teams and clients (onshore teams). In addition, you will be required to:

· Lead/execute Strategic Sourcing projects as well as support related procurement projects including spend analytics, procurement transformation, maturity assessments, supplier risk assessments, etc.

· Evaluating spend reports to identify opportunities and developing Total Cost Models for the spend categories in consideration

· Should be able to create insightful dashboards and spend reports and publish them to multiple client stakeholders

· Understanding of the UNSPC/eClass/NIGP/SIC among other classification schemas

· Should have excellent communication skills and prior experience of interacting independently with global stakeholders

· Should demonstrate strong customer service orientation, possesses good understanding of general project management principles

· Developing and/or customizing RFX templates and pricing worksheets

· Analyzing supplier responses, draw conclusions, prepare comprehensive summaries, and prepare business case presentation for clients

Job Requirements

Mandatory Skills

· 5-10 years of experience in strategic sourcing and background in procurement analytics using Alteryx/VBA/Excel, etc.

· Consulting background is mandate.

· Deep understanding of the Strategic Sourcing process

· Experience in dealing with large data sets and analyzing disparate data

· Experience in creating Spend Taxonomy for different industries and proficient in visualization tools such as Power BI, Tableau, QlikView, Qliksense etc.

· Ability to perform in a fluid changing environment (consulting) with minimal supervision

· Mandatory experience of working in operations advisory/consulting on global projects

· Effective verbal and written communication skills. Collaborate with clients - both in offshore and onshore models - to define current state maps (blueprinting), transformation strategy and execution

· Strong customer service orientation including demonstrated issue resolution and relationship management skills

· Manage end-to-end delivery for a project

· Strong analytical and critical thinking acumen

· Extensive experience working with global clients

Expected Skills

· Organized approach and able to work under pressure

· Willingness to work in a highly demanding and results oriented team environment where priorities can change frequently

· Highly focused on detail and accuracy of information presented

· Maintain data confidentiality and adherence to the risk management policy

· Willingness to travel overseas for extended periods if required

· Mandatory past consulting experience in procurement and strategic sourcing area

Culture

— Corporate Social Responsibility programs

— Maternity and paternity leave

— Opportunities to network and connect

— Discounts on products and services